Perception Quotes

"As a water bead on a lotus leaf, as water on a red lily, does not adhere, so the sage does not adhere to the seen, the heard, or the sensed." "Better it is to live one day seeing the rise and fall of things than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the rise and fall of things." "If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change." "You are as old as you think you are." "Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak." "It is impossible to escape the impression that people commonly use false standards of measurement." "The madman is a dreamer awake." "Don’t waste your time with explanations, people only hear what they want to hear." "I would only call someone an idiot if people were mistakenly under the impression that the person was smart." "I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown." "Fears are nothing more than a state of mind." "To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others." "He that is giddy thinks the world turns round." "All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions." "Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom."